Edmund Pendleton

Edmund Pendleton

Edmund Pendleton (born September 9, 1721 in Caroline County , Colony of Virginia , †  October 23, 1803 in Richmond , Virginia ) was an American planter , lawyer and politician . In 1774 and 1775 he was a delegate for Virginia in the Continental Congress .

Career

Edmund Pendleton was an uncle of the Continental Congress delegate John Penn (1741-1788) and the politician Nathaniel Pendleton (1756-1821), who was also elected to the Continental Congress, but did not take his mandate there. He attended his homeland public schools and worked as a clerk for Caroline County in 1740. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1741, he began to work in this profession. In 1751 he became a justice of the peace in his homeland. Between 1752 and 1774 he sat in the House of Burgesses of Virginia. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement and became a member of several revolutionary organizations. In 1773 he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and in 1774 he was a member of the Provincial Convention of his homeland. From 1774 to 1775 he represented Virginia in the Continental Congress together with Patrick Henry and George Washington . In 1775 he became head of the security committee in his homeland. He was also a member of the Virginia Constituent Assembly, of which he was president. In 1776 and 1777 he sat in the Virginia House of Representatives and was the first speaker of that chamber.

In 1788, Pendleton served as President of the Assembly that ratified the United States Constitution for Virginia. Since 1777 he worked in Virginia in various functions as a judge. Between 1788 and 1803 he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the state's highest judge. Edmund Pendleton died in Richmond on October 23, 1803 and was buried in Edmundsbury .

According to him, Pendleton County in Kentucky and Pendleton County named in West Virginia.

Web links

• Edmund Pendleton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Edmund Pendleton in the database of Find a Grave (English)